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3 so The Book of Woodcraft Red Cedar or Juniper. {Juniperus Virginiana) Evergreen. Any height up to loo feet. Wood, heart a beautiful bright red; sap wood nearly white; soft, weak, but extremely durable as posts, etc. Makes good sticks for rubbing stick fire. The tiny scale- like leaves are 3 to 6 to the inch; the berry-like cones are light blue and a quarter of an inch in diameter. The berries of the European species are used for flavoring gin, which word is an abbreviation of Juniper. "The medicinal properties of both are the same (Savin, of Europe) a decoction of the leaves having a stimulating effect, when used internall> in cases of rheumatism and serving to continue the discharge from blisters, when used in the composition of cerate for that purpose." {Emerson.) A cubic foot weighs 31 lbs.